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Agatha Awards

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Agatha Awards are given for materials first published in the United States by a living author during the current calendar year, either in hardcover, as a paperback original, or e-published by an e-publishing firm.

The Agatha Awards honor the "traditional mystery." That is to say, books best typified by the works of Agatha Christie as well as others. For our purposes, the genre is loosely defined as mysteries that:

contain no explicit sex

contain no excessive gore or gratuitous violence

Materials generally classified as "hard-boiled" are not appropriate.

Agatha Award Winners

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Best First Novel

2013 - Leslie Budewitz, Death Al Dente

2012 - Susan M. Boyer, Lowcountry Boil

2011 - Sara J. Henry, Learning to Swim

2010 - Avery Aames, The Long Quiche Goodbye

2009 - Alan Bradley, The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie

2008 - G.M. Malliet, Death of a Cozy Writer

2007 - Hank Phillippi Ryan, Prime Time

2006 - Sandra Parshall, The Heat of the Moon

2005 - Laura Durham, Better Off Wed

2004 - Harley Jane Kozak, Dating Dead Men

2003 - Jacqueline Winspear, Maisie Dobbs

2002 - Julia Spencer-Fleming, In the Bleak Midwinter

2001 - Sarha Strohmeyer, Bubbles Unbound

2000 - Rosemary Stevens, Death on a Silver Tray

1999 - Donnia Andrews, Murder with Peacocks

1998 - Robin Hathaway, The Doctor Digs a Grave

1997 - Sujata Massey, The Salaryman's Wife

1996 - Anne George, Murder on a Girl's Night Out

1995 - Jeanne M. Dams, The Body in the Transept

1994 - Jeff Abbott, Do Unto Others

1993 - Nevada Barr, Track of the Cat

1992 - Barbara Neely, Blanche on the Lam

1991 - Mary Willis Walker, Zero at the Bone

1990 - Katherine Hall Page, The Body in the Belfry

1989 - Jill Churchill, Grime and Punishment

1988 - Elizabeth George, A Great Deliverance

Best Novel

2013 - Hank Phillippi Ryan, The Wrong Girl

2012 -Louise Penny, The Beautiful Mystery

2011 - Margaret Maron, Three-Day Town

2010 - Louise Penny, Bury Your Dead

2009 - Louise Penny, A Brutal Telling

2008 - Louise Penny, The Cruelest Month

2007 - Louise Penny, A Fatal Grace

2006 - Nancy Pickard, The Virgin of Small Plains

2005 - Katherine Hall Page, The Body in the Snowdrift

2004 - Jacqueline Winspear, Birds of a Feather

2003 - Carolyn Hart, Letter From Home

2002 - Donna Andrews, You've Got Murder

2001 - Rhys Bowen, Murphy's Law

2000 - Margaret Maron, Storm Track

1999 - Earlene Fowler, Mariner's Compass

1998 - Laura Lippman, Butchers Hill

1997 - Kate Ross, The Devil In Music

1996 - Margaret Maron, Up Jumps The Devil

1995 - Sharyn McCrumb, If I'd Killed Him When I Met Him

1994 - Sharyn McCrumb, She Walks These Hills

1993 - Carolyn Hart, Dead Man's Island

1992 - Margaret Maron, Bootlegger's Daughter

1991 - Nancy Pickard, I.O.U.

1990 - Nancy Pickard, Bum Steer

1989 - Elizabeth Peters,Naked Once More

1988 - Carolyn G. Hart, Something Wicked

Bram Stoker Award

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Each year, the Horror Writer's Association presents the Bram Stoker Awards for Superior Achievement, named in honor of Bram Stoker, author of the seminal horror work, Dracula. The Bram Stoker Awards were instituted immediately after the organization's incorporation in 1987.

Any work of Horror first published in the English language may be considered for an award during the year of its publication. The categories for which a Bram Stoker Award may be presented have varied over the years, reflecting the state of the publishing industry and the horror genre.

7 Brains by Michael Louis Calvillo
"Roots and All" by Brian Hodge (A Book of Horrors)
"The Colliers' Venus (1893)" by Caitlin R. Kiernan (Naked City: New Tales of Urban Fantasy)Ursa Major by John R. LittleRusting Chickens by Gene O'Neill
"The Ballad of Ballard and Sandrine" by Peter Straub (Conjunctions: 56), winner

Short Fiction

"Her Husband's Hands" by Adam-Troy Castro (Lightspeed Magazine, October 2011)
"Herman Wouk Is Still Alive" by Stephen King (The Atlantic Magazine, May 2011), winner
"Hypergraphia" by Ken Lillie-Paetz (The Uninvited #1)
"Graffiti Sonata" by Gene O'Neill (Dark Discoveries #18)
"Home" by George Saunders (The New Yorker Magazine, June 13, 2011)
"All You Can Do Is Breathe" by Kaaron Warren (Blood and Other Cravings

NEHW Presents: Epitaphs edited by Tracy L. CarboneGhosts By Gaslight edited by Jack Dann and Nick GeversBlood And Other Cravings edited by Ellen DatlowSupernatural Noir edited by Ellen DatlowTattered Souls 2 edited by Frank J. HuttonDemons: Encounters with the Devil and his Minions, Fallen Angels and the Possessed edited by John Skipp, winner

Collection

Voices: Tales of Horror by Lawrence C. ConnollyRed Gloves by Christopher FowlerTwo Worlds and In Between: The Best of Caitlin R. Kiernan (Volume One) by Caitlin R. KiernanMonsters of L.A. by Lisa MortonThe Corn Maiden and Other Nightmares by Joyce Carol Oates, winnerMultiplex Fandango by Weston Ochse

How to Recognize a Demon Has Become Your Friend by Linda Addison, winnerAt Louche Ends: Poetry for the Decadent, the Damned & the Absinthe-Minded by Maria AlexanderSurrealities by Bruce BostonShroud of Night by G. O. ClarkThe Mad Hattery by Marge SimonUnearthly Delights by Marge Simon

BLACK AND ORANGE by Benjamin Kane Ethridge (winner, tie)
A BOOK OF TONGUES by Gemma Files
CASTLE OF LOS ANGELES by Lisa Morton (winner, tie)
SPELLBENT by Lucy Snyder

Long Fiction

THE PAINTED DARKNESS by Brian James Freeman
DISSOLUTION by Lisa Mannetti
MONSTERS AMONG US by Kirstyn McDermott
THE SAMHANACH by Lisa Morton
INVISIBLE FENCES by Norman Prentiss (winner)

Short Fiction

RETURN TO MARIABRONN by Gary Braunbeck
THE FOLDING MAN by Joe R. Lansdale (winner)
1925: A FALL RIVER HALLOWEEN by Lisa Mannetti
IN THE MIDDLE OF POPLAR STREET by Nate Southard
FINAL DRAFT by Mark W. Worthen

OCCULTATION by Laird Barron
BLOOD AND GRISTLE by Michael Louis Calvillo
FULL DARK, NO STARS by Stephen King (winner)
THE ONES THAT GOT AWAY by Stephen Graham Jones
A HOST OF SHADOWS by Harry Shannon

Nonfiction

TO EACH THEIR DARKNESS by Gary A. Braunbeck (winner)
THE CONSPIRACY AGAINST THE HUMAN RACE by Thomas Ligotti
WANTED UNDEAD OR ALIVE by Jonathan Maberry and Janice Gable Bashman
LISTEN TO THE ECHOES: THE RAY BRADBURY INTERVIEWS by Sam Weller

Poetry

DARK MATTERS by Bruce Boston (winner)
WILD HUNT OF THE STARS by Ann K. Schwader
DIARY OF A GENTLEMAN DIABOLIST by Robin Spriggs
VICIOUS ROMANTIC by Wrath James White

2008 Bram Stoker Award Nominees & Winners

The Gentling Box by Lisa Mannetti, WinnerMidight on Mourn Street by Christopher ConlonMonster Behind the Wheel by Michael McCarty and Mark McLaughlinThe Suicide Collection by David OppegaardFrozen Blood by Joel A. Sutherland

Long Fiction

Miranda by John R. Little, WinnerThe Shallow End of the Pool by Adam-Troy CastroRedemption Roadshow by Weston OchseThe Confessions of St. Zach by Gene O'Neill

Short Fiction

"The Lost" by Sarah Langan, Winner
"Petrified" by Scott Edelman
"The Dude Who Collected Lovecraft" by Nick Mamatas, and Tim Pratt
Evidence of Love in A Case of Abandonment by M. Rickert
Turtle by Lee Thomas

Just after Sunset by Stephen King, WinnerThe Number 121 to Pennsylvania by Kealan Patrick BurkeMama's Boy and Other Dark Tales by Fran FrielMr. Gaunt and Other Uneasy Encounters by John LanganGleefully Macabre Tales by Jeff Strand

The Nightmare Collection by Bruce Boston, WinnerThe Phantom World by Gary William CrawfordVirgin of the Apocalypse by Corrine De WinterAttack of the Two-Headed Poetry Monster by Mark McLaughlin and Michael McCarty

Afterward, There Will Be a Hallway by Gary Braunbeck, Winner
Almost the Last Story by Almost the Last Man by Scott EdelmanGeneral Slocum's Gold by Nicholas Kaufmann
The Tenth Muse by William Browning Spencer
An Apiary of White Bees" by Lee Thomas

Short Fiction

"The Gentle Brush of Wings" by David Niall Wilson, Winner
"The Death Wagon Rolls on by" by C. Dean Andersson
"Letting Go" by John Everson
"The Teacher" by Paul G. Tremblay
"There's No Light between Floors" by Paul G. Tremblay
"Closet Dreams" by Lisa Tuttle

The Cryptopedia: A Dictionary of the Weird, Strange & Downright Bizarre by Jonathan Maberry & David F. Kramer, WinnerEncyclopedia Horrifica by Joshua GeeThe Portable Obituary: How the Famous, Rich & Powerful Really Died by Michael LargoStorytellers Unplugged by Joe Nassise and David Niall Wilson

Poetry

Being Full of Light, Insubstantial by Linda Addison, Winner (Tie)VECTORS: A Week in the Death of a Planet by Charlee Jacob & Marge Simon, Winner (Tie)Heresy by Charlee JacobPhantasmapedia by Mark McLaughlinOssuary by JoSelle Vanderhooft

Specialty Press Award

none awarded this year

Lifetime Achievement

John Carpenter, Robert Weinberg

Richard Laymon
President's Award

Stephen Dorato, Christopher Fulbright, Mark Worthen

Silver Hammer Award

none awarded this year

2006 Bram Stoker Award Nominees & Winners

[presented in 2007]

Novel

Lisey's Story by Stephen King, WinnerProdigal Blues by Gary A. BraunbeckGhost Road Blues by Jonathan MaberryHeadstone City by Tom PiccirilliPressure by Jeff Strand

Final Exits: The Illustrated Encyclopedia of How We Die by Michael Largo, Winner (Tie)Gospel of the Living Dead: George Romero's Visions of Hell on Earth by Kim Paffenroth, Winner (Tie)Cinema Macabre edited by Mark MorrisStephen King: Uncollected, Unpublished by Rocky Wood

Poetry

Shades Fantastic by Bruce Boston, WinnerValentine: Short Love Poems by Corrine de WinterThe Troublesome Amputee by John Edward LawsonSongs of a Sorceress by Bobbi Sinha-Morey

Specialty Press Award

PS Publishing

Lifetime Achievement

Thomas Harris

Richard Laymon
President's Award

Lisa Morton

Silver Hammer Award

Donna K. Fitch

2005 Bram Stoker Award Nominees & Winners

[presented in 2006]

Novel

Creepers by David Morrell, Winner (Tie)Dread in the Beast by Charlee Jacob, Winner (Tie)Keepers by Gary BraunbeckNovember Mourns by Tom Piccirilli

"Best New Horror" by Joe Hill, Winner
"Some Zombie Contingency Plans" by Kelly Link
"The Things They Left Behind" by Stephen KingIn the Midnight Museum by Gary Braunbeck

Short Fiction

We Now Pause for Station Identification by Gary Braunbeck, Winner
"As Others See Us" by Mort Castle
"Haeckel's Tale" by Clive Barker
"Invisible" by Steve Rasnic Tem
"Times of Atonement" by Yvonne Navarro

Fiction Collection

20th Century Ghosts by Joe Hill, WinnerHaunted by Chuck PalahniukLooking for Jake by China MievilleMagic for Beginners by Kelly Link

Freakcidents by Michael A. Arnzen, Winner (Tie)Sineater by Charlee Jacob, Winner (Tie)Seasons: A Series of Poems Based on the Life and Death of Edgar Allan Poe by Daniel ShieldsThe Shadow City by Gary W. Crawford

Specialty Press Award

Necessary Evil Press

Lifetime Achievement

Peter Straub

Richard Laymon
President's Award

Lisa Morton

2004 Bram Stoker Award Nominees & Winners

[presented in 2005]

Novel

The Wind Caller by P. D CacekThe Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower by Stephen KingDeep in the Darkness by Michael LaimoIn the Night Room by Peter Straub, Winner

First Novel

Covenant by John Everson, Winner (Tie)Black Fire by James KidmanMove Under Ground by Nick MamatasStained by Lee Thomas, Winner (Tie)

Long Fiction

"The Turtle Boy" by Kealan-Patrick Burke, Winner
"Zora and the Zombie" by Andy Duncan
"Lisey and the Madman" by Stephen KingDead Man's Hand by Tim Lebbon
"Northwest Passage" by Barbara Roden

Short Fiction

"Just Out of Reach" by Gary Braunbeck
"A Madness of Starlings" by Douglas Clegg
"Nimitseahpah" by Nancy Etchemendy, Winner
"Hunting Meth Zombies in the Great Nebraskan Wasteland" by John Farris
"Singing My Sister Down" by Margo Lanagan
"Guts" by Chuck Palahniuk

Quietly Now edited by Kealan-Patrick BurkeThe Many Faces of Van Helsing edited by Jeanne CavelosShivers III edited by Richard ChizmarThe Year's Best Fantasy and Horror, 17th Annual edited by Ellen Datlow, Kelly Link and Gavin Grant, WinnerAcquainted with the Night edited by Barbara and Christopher Roden

Nonfiction

Ralan's SpecFic & Humor Webstravaganza by Ralan ConleyHanging Out with the Dream King by Joseph McCabeThe Complete Idiot's Guide to Writing a Novel by Thomas F. MonteleoneHellnotes edited by Judi Rohrig, WinnerThe Road to the Dark Tower by Bev Vincent

Illustrated Narrative

Lost Loves by James LowderAleister Arcane by Steve NilesHeaven's Devils by Jai Nitz, WinnerGraphic Classics: Robert Louis Stevenson by Tom Pomplun

Screenplay

Hellboy by Guillermo Del ToroDawn of the Dead by James GunnEternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind by Charlie Kaufman, Michel Gondry and Pierre Bismuth, Winner (Tie)Shaun of the Dead by Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright, Winner (Tie)

Work for Young Readers

Abarat: Days of Magic, Nights of War by Clive Barker, Winner (Tie)Oddest Yet by Steve Burt, Winner (Tie)Robot Santa: The Further Adventures of Santa's Twin by Dean KoontzFall (Witch Season series) by Jeff Mariotte

Poetry Collection

The Women at the Funeral by Corrine De Winter, WinnerThe Desert by Charlee JacobMen Are From Hell, Women Are From The Galaxy Of Death by Mark McLaughlinWaiting my Turn to go Under the Knife by Tom Piccirilli

2003 Bram Stoker Award Nominees & Winners

[presented in 2004]

Novel

The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla by Stephen KingSerenity Falls by James A. MooreThe Night Country by Stewart O'NanA Choir of Ill Children by Tom Piccirillilost boy lost girl by Peter Straub, Winner

The Sandman: Endless Nights (collection) by Neil Gaiman, WinnerThe League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume Two by Alan MooreKolchak: "Devil in the Details" by Stefan PetruchaGraphic Classics: Ambrose Bierce edited by Tom PomplunVampire the Masqerade Giovanni -- The Machiavelli Conundrum by Robert Weinberg

Screenplay

Identity by Michael CooneyBubba Ho-Tep by Don Coscarelli, WinnerPirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl by Ted Elliott & Terry Rossio

Work for Young Readers

Even Odder: More Stories To Chill The Heart by Steve BurtThe Oracle by Catherine FisherThe Wolves in the Walls by Neil GaimanA Stir of Bones by Nina Kiriki HoffmanHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J. K Rowling, Winner

One More for the Road by Ray Bradbury, WinnerNations of the Living, Nations of the Dead by Mort CastleKnuckles and Tales by Nancy A. CollinsEverything's Eventual by Stephen KingThe Collection by Bentley Little

Anthology

Shivers edited by Richard ChizmarThe Year's Best Fantasy and Horror, Fifteenth Annual Collection edited by Ellen Datlow & Terri WindlingThe Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, Volume 13 edited by Stephen JonesThe Darker Side edited by John Pelan, WinnerChildren of Cthulhu edited by John Pelan and Benjamin Adams

Howard the Duck (Issues 1-6) by Steve GerberFort: Prophet of the Unexplained (Issues 1-4) by Peter LenkovNightside (Issues 1-4) by Robert Weinberg, Winner

Screenplay

Minority Report by Scott Frank and Jon Cohen (based on a story by Philip K. Dick)Frailty by Brent Hanley, WinnerThe Ring by Ehren Kruger (based on the novel by Koji Suzuki and on the motion picture by The Spiral Production Group)Signs by M. Night Shyamalan

Work for Young Readers

Abarat by Clive BarkerCat in Glass and Other Tales of the Unnatural by Nancy EtchemendyCoraline by Neil Gaiman, WinnerAbu and the Seven Marvels by Richard Matheson and William Stout

Buckeye Jim in Egypt (audio script based on the Mort Castle story) by Mort CastleFlesh and Blood (magazine) edited by Jack FisherThe Tree Is My Hat (audio script based on the Gene Wolfe story) by Larry SantoroImagination Box (multimedia CD) by Steve and Melanie Tem, Winner

Lifetime Achievement

Stephen King
J.N. Williamson

2001 Bram Stoker Award Nominees & Winners

[presented in 2002]

Novel

From the Dust Returned by Ray BradburyAmerican Gods by Neil Gaiman, WinnerThe Lost by Jack KetchumBlack House by Stephen King & Peter Straub

First Novel

Phantom Feast by Diana BarronSkating on the Edge by d.g.k. goldbergRiverwatch by Joe NassiseDeadliest of the Species by Michael Oliveri, Winner

Long Fiction

"From A to Z, in the Sarsaparilla Alphabet" by Harlan Ellison
"Demolition" by Nancy Etchemendy
"Earthworm Gods" by Brian KeeneNorthern Gothic by Nick MamatasIn These Final Days of Sales by Steve Rasnic Tem, Winner

Short Fiction

"I Am Your Need" by Mort Castle
"The Haunt" by Jack Ketchum
"Reconstructing Amy" by Tim Lebbon, Winner
"Whose Puppets, Best and Worst, Are We?" by David B. Silva

Fiction Collection

The Dark Fantastic by Ed GormanAs the Sun Goes Down by Tim LebbonThe Whisperer and Other Voices by Brian LumleyThe Man with the Barbed-Wire Fists by Norman Partridge, Winner

Anthology

Trick or Treat: A Collection of Halloween Novellas edited by Richard ChizmarThe Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Fourteenth Annual Collection edited by Ellen Datlow & Terri WindlingExtremes 2: Fantasy and Horror from the Ends of the Earth edited by Brian A. Hopkins, WinnerThe Best of Horrorfind edited by Brian Keene

"Freezes Over" (Hellblazer 158-161) by Brian Azzarello
"The First Adventures of Miss Catterina Poe" (The Dreaming 56) by Caitlin R. KiernanDesperadoes: Quiet of the Grave by Jeff Mariotte
"Quiver" (Green Arrow 1-10) by Kevin SmithWeird Western Tales by Various Authors

Requiem for a Dream by Darren Aronofsky and Hubert Selby, Jr.Shadow of the Vampire by Steven Katz, WinnerThe Cell by Mark ProtosevichUnbreakable by M. Night ShyamalanPitch Black by David Twohy and Ken and Jim Wheat

Work for Young Readers

The Power of Un by Nancy Etchemendy, WinnerHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. RowlingBe Afraid! edited by Edo van BelkomThe Christmas Thingy by F. Paul Wilson

Death Drives a Semi by Edo van BelkomThe Nightmare Chronicles by Douglas Clegg, WinnerHearts in Atlantis by Stephen KingDeep into that Darkness Peering by Tom Piccirilli

Anthology

The Year's Best Fantasy & Horror, Twelfth Annual Collection edited by Ellen Datlow & Terri WindlingThe Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 10 edited by Stephen JonesThe Last Continent: New Tales of Zothique edited by John Pelan999: New Stories of Horror and Suspense edited by Al Sarrantonio, Winner

Something Lumber This Way Comes by Joe R. LansdaleCreepy Susie and 13 Other Tragic Tales for Troubled Children by Angus OblongHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling, Winner

Other Media

I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream (Audio) by Harlan Ellison, WinnerMasters of Terror (Website) by Andy FaircloughGothic Net (Website) by Seth LindbergConspiracies (Audio CD of F. Paul Wilson story) by WyrdSisterS ProductionS

Universal Horror (TV documentary) by Kevin BrownlowThe Misfits: American Psycho (music video) by John CafieroJohn Carpenter's Vampires (original motion picture soundtrack) by John CarpenterGothic at Midnight: A Tribute to the Masters of the Macabre (audio anthology) by Joshua Kane
No Award, Winner

Lifetime Achievement

Ramsey Campbell
Roger Corman

1997 Bram Stoker Award Nominees & Winners

[presented in 1998]

Novel

Children of the Dusk by Janet Berliner & George Guthridge, WinnerThe Church of Dead Girls by Stephen DobynsMy Soul to Keep by Tananarive DueEarthquake Weather by Tim Powers

First Novel

Lives of the Monster Dogs by Kirsten Bakis, WinnerThe Art of Arrow Cutting by Stephen DedmanHungry Eyes by Barry HoffmanDrawn to the Grave by Mary Ann MitchellThe Inquisitor by Mary Murrey

Long Fiction

"The Big Blow" by Joe R. Lansdale, Winner
"The Word" by Ramsey Campbell
"Everything's Eventual" by Stephen King
"Coppola's Dracula" by Kim Newman
"The Zombies of Madison County" by Douglas E. Winter

1996 Bram Stoker Award Nominees & Winners

Flute Song by Donald BurlesonCrota by Owl Goingback, WinnerHorror Show by Greg KihnDead Heat by Del Stone

Long Fiction

"Kilroy Was Here" by Jack Cady
"The Thing from Lover's Lane" by Nancy Collins
"The Red Tower" by Thomas Ligotti, Winner
"Brimstone and Salt" by S.P. Somtow

Short Fiction

"Metalica" by P.D. Cacek, Winner
"The Slobbering Tongue That Ate the Frightfully Huge Woman" by Robert Devereaux
"The Secret Shih Tan" by Graham Masterton
"The House of Mourning" by Brian Stableford
"Plan 10 from Inner Space" by Karl Edward Wagner

Bram Stoker: A Biography of the Author of Dracula by Barbara BelfordThe Great Pulp Heroes by Don HutchisonThe Illustrated Werewolf Movie Guide by Stephen JonesH.P. Lovecraft: A Life by S.T. Joshi, WinnerV is for Vampire, by David Skal

The Supernatural Index by Michael Ashley & William Contento, WinnerPsycho: Behind the Scenes of the Classic Thriller by Janet Leigh & Christopher NickensAn Encyclopedia of Claims, Frauds, and Hoaxes of the Occult and Supernatural by James RandiImmoral Tales: European Sex & Horror Movies 1956-1984 by Cathal Tohill & Pete Tombs

Lifetime Achievement

Harlan Ellison

1994 Bram Stoker Award Nominees & Winners

[presented in 1995]

Novel

The Alienist by Caleb CarrFrom the Teeth of Angels by Jonathan CarrollDead in the Water by Nancy Holder, WinnerInsomnia by Stephen KingThe Butcher Boy by Patrick McCabe

First Novel

Grave Markings by Michael A. Arnzen, WinnerThe Black Mariah by Jay BonansingaDeadweight by Robert DevereauxNear Death by Nancy Kilpatrick

Long Fiction

"The Scent of Vinegar," by Robert Bloch, Winner
"Sometimes in the Rain" by Charles L. Grant
"The Alchemy of the Throat" by Brian Hodge
"Bubba Ho-Tep" by Joe R. Lansdale
"The Siren of Swan Quarter" by William Trotter

Short Fiction

"Cafe Endless: Spring Rain" by Nancy Holder, Winner (Tie)
"The Box" by Jack Ketchum, Winner (Tie)
"Mr. Torso" by Edward Lee
"Things of Which We Do Not Speak" by Lucy Taylor

Fiction Collection

The Early Fears by Robert Bloch, WinnerWriter of the Purple Rage by Joe R. LansdaleThe Flesh Artist by Lucy TaylorBorn Bad by Andrew Vachss

"Aliens: Tribes" by Stephen Bissette, Winner (Tie)
"The Events Concerning a Nude Fold-Out Found in a Harlequin Romance" by Joe R. Lansdale, Winner (Tie)
"Nothing Will Hurt You"" by David Morrell
"The Shrine" by David Morrell
"For You, the Living" by Wayne Allen Sallee

Vampires Among Us by Rosemary Ellen GuillenClive Barker's Shadows of Eden by Stephen Jones, WinnerPrism of Night: A Biography of Anne Rice by Katherine RamslandThe Shape Under the Sheet: The Complete Stephen King Encyclopedia by Stephen J. Spignesi

Lifetime Achievement

Gahan Wilson

1990 Bram Stoker Award Nominees & Winners

[presented in 1991]

Novel

Savage Season by Joe R. LansdaleFunland by Richard LaymonMine by Robert R. McCammon, WinnerReign by Chet Williamson

First Novel

The Revelation by Bentley Little, WinnerNightblood by T. Chris MartindaleDark Father by Tom PiccirilliBlood of the Children by Alan Rodgers

Long Fiction

"Bestseller" by Michael Blumlein
"The Langoliers" by Stephen King
"Stephen" by Elizabeth Massie, Winner
"Entropy's Bed at Midnight" by Dan Simmons
"Pelts" by F. Paul Wilson

1989 Bram Stoker Award Nominees & Winners

Goat Dance by Douglas CleggSunglasses After Dark by Nancy A. Collins, WinnerThe Dwelling by Tom ElliottThe Lilith Factor by Jean PaivaLaying the Music to Rest by Dean Wesley Smith

Long Fiction

"On the Far Side of the Cadillac Desert With Dead Folks" by Joe R. Lansdale, Winner
"Phantom" by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
"At First Just Ghostly" by Karl Edward Wagner
"The Confessions of St. James" by Chet Williamson

Short Fiction

"A Sad Last Love at the Diner of the Damned" by Edward Bryant
"Eat Me" by Robert R. McCammon, Winner
"Each Night, Each Year" by Kathryn Ptacek
"Bodies and Heads" by Steve Rasnic Tem
"Yore Skin's Jes' So Soft 'n Purdy,' He Said" by Chet Williamson

Fiction Collection

Patterns by Pat CadiganBy Bizarre Hands by Joe R. LansdaleCollected Stories by Richard Matheson, WinnerBlue World by Robert R. McCammonSoft and Others by F. Paul Wilson

1988 Bram Stoker Award Nominees & Winners

The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris, WinnerThe Drive-In by Joe R. LansdaleFlesh by Richard LaymonStinger by Robert R. McCammonQueen of the Damned by Anne RiceBlack Wind by F. Paul Wilson

First Novel

Resurrection, Inc. by Kevin J. AndersonFear Book by John L. ByrneDeliver Us from Evil by Alan Lee HarrisCities of the Dead by Michael PaineDemon Night by J. Michael StraczynskiThe Suiting by Kelley Wilde, Winner

Long Fiction

"The Function of Dream Sleep" by Harlan Ellison
"Horrorshow" by John Farris
"The Night Flier" by Stephen King
"The Skin Trade" by George R.R. Martin
"Orange is for Anguish, Blue for Insanity" by David Morrell, Winner
"The Juniper Tree" by Peter Straub

Short Fiction

"The Thing at the Top of the Stairs" by Ray Bradbury
"She's a Young Thing and Cannot Leave Her Mother" by Harlan Ellison
"The Night They Missed the Horror Show" by Joe R. Lansdale, Winner
"Nobody Lives There Now" by Carol Orlock
"Jack's Decline" by Lucius Shepard
"The Music of the Dark Time" by Chet Williamson

Fiction Collection

Charles Beaumont: Selected Stories by Charles Beaumont, WinnerThe Toynbee Convector by Ray BradburyAngry Candy by Harlan EllisonThe Blood Kiss by Dennis EtchisonScare Tactics by John FarrisBlood and Water and Other Tales by Patrick McGrath

Lifetime Achievement

Ray Bradbury
Ronald Chetwynd-Hayes

1987 Bram Stoker Award Nominees & Winners

[presented in 1988]

Novel

Live Girls by Ray GartonMisery by Stephen King, Winner (Tie)Swan Song by Robert R. McCammon, Winner (Tie)Unassigned Territory by Kem NunnAsh Wednesday by Chet Williamson

First Novel

The Damnation Game by Clive BarkerThe Manse by Lisa Cantrell, WinnerSlob by Rex MillerThe Harvest Bride by Tony RichardsExcavation by Steve Rasnic Tem

Long Fiction

"The Pear-Shaped Man" by George R.R. Martin, Winner (Tie)
"The Boy Who Came Back from the Dead" by Alan Rodgers, Winner (Tie)
"Pamela's Get" by David J. Schow
"Resurrec Tech" by S.P. Somtow

Midnight Pleasures by Robert BlochScared Stiff by Ramsey CampbellThe Essential Ellison by Harlan Ellison, WinnerWhy Not You and I? by Karl Edward WagnerAll About Strange Monsters of the Recent Past by Howard Waldrop

Hammett Award

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First bestowed in 1992, the Hammett Award is given out by the North American Branch of the International Association of Crime Writers[7] to reward a work of literary excellence (fiction or non-fiction) in the field of crime writing, by a US or Canadian author.

The winning title is selected by a reading committee of IACW/NA, based on recommendations from other members and the publishing community, and the winner is chosen by three distinguished outside judges. The award is a bronze trophy, designed by West Coast sculptor, Peter Boiger, whose falcon-headed thin man symbolizes Dashielll Hammett's literary spirit.

Hammett Award Winners

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2013

Winner: Angel Baby, by Richard Lange

2012

Winner: Oregon Hill, by Howard Owen

2011

Winner: The Killer is Dying: A Novel, by James Sallis

2010

WINNER: The Nearest Exit, by Olen Steinhauer

2009

WINNER: The Manual of Detection: A Novel, by Jedediah Berry

2008

WINNER:The Turnaround, by George Pelecanos

2007

WINNER:The Outlander, by Gil Adamson

2006

WINNER:The Prisoner of Guantánamo, by Dan Fesperman

2005

WINNER:Alibi: A Novel, by Joseph Kanon

2004

WINNER:Prince of Thieves: A Novel by Chuck Hogan

2003

WINNER:The Seduction of Water by Carol Goodman

2002

WINNER:Honor's Kingdom by Owen Parry

2001

WINNER:Kingdom of Shadows by Alan Furst

2000

WINNER:The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood

1999

WINNER:Havana Bay by Martin Cruz Smtih

1998

WINNER:Tidewater Blood by William Hoffman

1997

WINNER:Trial of Passion by William Deverell

1996

WINNER:Rose by Martin Cruz Smith

1995

WINNER:Under the Beetle's Cellar by Mary Willis Walker

1994

WINNER:Dixie City Jam by James Lee Burke

1993

WINNER:The Mexican Tree Druck by James Crumley

1992

WINNER:Turtle Moon by Alice Hoffman

1991

WINNER:Maximum Bob by Elmore Leonard

Hugo Awards

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The Hugo Awards are awards for excellence in the field of science fiction and fantasy. They were first awarded in 1953, and have been awarded every year since 1955. The awards are run by and voted on by fans.

The Hugo Awards are named after Hugo Gernsback, a famous magazine editor who did much to bring science fiction to a wider audience. Gernsback founded Amazing Stories, the first major American SF magazine, in 1926. He is widely credited with sparking a boom in interest in written SF. In addition to having the Hugo Awards named after him he has been recognized as the “Father of Magazine SF” and has a crater on the Moon named after him.

James Beard Foundation Book Award

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The James Beard Foundation Awards shine a spotlight on the best and brightest talent in the food and beverage industry.

Covering all aspects of the industry—from chefs and restaurateurs to cookbook authors and food journalists to restaurant designers and architects and more—the Beard Awards are the highest honor for food and beverage professionals working in North America. The Awards are presented each spring at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. Nominees and winners are fêted at a weekend of events in New York City that has become the social and gastronomic highlight of the year.

The awards were established by the James Beard Foundation in 1990 through the merging of the two most prominent culinary awards in North America at the time: The R.T. French Tastemaker Cookbook Awards and Cook’s Magazine and Restaurant Business’s Who's Who of Food and Beverage in America. For the first iteration, the James Beard Foundation in 1991 expanded the program to include Restaurant and Chef Awards; in 1992 the James Beard Foundation established the Journalism Awards; in 1993 the Electronic Media (now Broadcast Media) Awards were introduced; and in 1995 the first Restaurant Design (now Design and Graphic) Awards were presented. These awards are announced in a separate ceremony held a few days prior to the Awards Gala at Lincoln Center.

Man Booker Prize

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The Man Booker Prize for Fiction is a literary prize awarded each year for the best original full-length novel, written in the English language, by a citizen of the Commonwealth of Nations, Ireland, or Zimbabwe. The winner of the Man Booker Prize is generally assured of international renown and success; therefore, the prize is of great significance for the book trade. It is also a mark of distinction for authors to be selected for inclusion in the shortlist or even to be nominated for the "longlist".

Man Booker Award Winners

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2014 - The Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard Flanagan

2013 - The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton

2012 - Bringing Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel

2011 - The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes

2010 - The Finkler Question by Howard Jacobson

2009 - Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel

2008 - The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga

2007 - The Gathering by Anne Enright

2006 - The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai

2005 - The Sea by John Banville

2004 - The Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst

2003 - Vernon God Little by DBC Pierre

2002 - Life of Pi by Yann Martel

2001 - True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey

2000 - The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood

1999 - Disgrace by J. M. Coetzee

1998 - Amsterdam by Ian McEwan

1997 - The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy

1996 - Last Orders by Graham Swift

1995 - The Ghost Road by Pat Barker

1994 - How late it was, how late by James Kelman

1993 - Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha by Roddy Doyle

1992 - The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje and Sacred Hunger by Barry Unsworth

1991 - The Famished Road by Ben Okri

1990 - Possession: A Romance by A. S. Byatt

1989 - The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro

1988 - Oscar and Lucinda by Peter Carey

1987 - Moon Tiger by Penelope Lively

1986 - The Old Devils by Kingsley Amis

1985 - The Bone People by Keri Hulme

1984 - Hotel du Lac by Anita Brookner

1983 - Life & Times of Michael K by J. M. Coetzee

1982 - Schindler's Ark by Thomas Keneally

1981 - Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie

1980 - Rites of Passage by William Golding

1979 - Offshore by Penelope Fitzgerald

1978 - The Sea, the Sea by Iris Murdoch

1977 - Staying On by Paul Scott

1976 - Saville by David Storey

1975 - Heat and Dust by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

1974 - The Conservationist by Nadine Gordimer and Holiday by Stanley Middleton

1973 - The Siege of Krishnapur by J. G. Farrell

1972 - G. by John Berger

1971 - In a Free State by V. S. Naipaul

1970 - (Lost Man Booker; awarded in 2010) - Troubles by J. G. Farrell

1970 - The Elected Member by Bernice Rubens

1969 - Something to Answer For by P. H. Newby

Nebula Award

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The Nebula Awards[29] are given each year by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America[30] (SFWA) for the best science fiction[31] or fantasy[32] fiction published in the United States during the previous year. The Nebula Award for Best Novel is given each year for science fiction or fantasy novels[33] published in English or translated into English and released in the United States or on the internet during the previous calendar year.

New York Times Best Sellers

Below are lists of the current New York Times best selling fiction and non-fictions books. Additional titles and book descriptions are available at New York Times Best Sellers[36].

Combined Print & E-Book Fiction

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THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN, by Paula Hawkins

FIFTY SHADES OF GREY, by E. L. James

THE NIGHTINGALE, by Kristin Hannah

CRASH AND BURN, by Lisa Gardner

ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE, by Anthony Doerr

PRIVATE VEGAS, by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro

GONE GIRL, by Gillian Flynn

FIFTY SHADES DARKER, by E. L. James

FIFTY SHADES TRILOGY, by E. L. James

BIG LITTLE LIES, by Liane Moriarty

Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction

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AMERICAN SNIPER, by Chris Kyle with Scott McEwen and Jim DeFelice

UNBROKEN, by Laura Hillenbrand

WILD, by Cheryl Strayed

THE BOYS IN THE BOAT, by Daniel James Brown

GHOST BOY, by Martin Pistorius with Megan Lloyd Davies

YES PLEASE, by Amy Poehler

KILLING PATTON, by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard

BEING MORTAL, by Atul Gawande

AMERICA'S BITTER PILL, by Steven Brill

THE HEART OF EVERYTHING THAT IS, by Bob Drury and Tom Clavin

Hardcover Fiction

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THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN, by Paula Hawkins

ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE,by Anthony Doerr

THE NIGHTINGALE, by Kristin Hannah

TRIGGER WARNING, by Neil Gaiman

PRIVATE VEGAS, by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro

GRAY MOUNTAIN, by John Grisham

CRASH AND BURN, by Lisa Gardner

SAINT ODD, by Dean Koontz

FUNNY GIRL, by Nick Hornby

THE BOSTON GIRL, by Anita Diamant

Hardcover Nonfiction

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BEING MORTAL, by Atul Gawande

KILLING PATTON, by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard

YES PLEASE, by Amy Poehler

WHAT IF?, by Randall Munroe

LEAVING BEFORE THE RAINS COME, by Alexandra Fuller

GHETTOSIDE, by Jill Leovy

GOD, GUNS, GRITS AND GRAVY, by Mike Huckabee

THE REAPER, by Nicholas Irving with Gary Brozek

NOT THAT KIND OF GIRL, by Lena Dunham

THE TEENAGE BRAIN, by Frances E. Jensen with Amy Ellis Nutt

Nobel Prize for Literature

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On 27 November 1895, Alfred Nobel signed his last will and testament, giving the largest share of his fortune to a series of prizes, the Nobel Prizes. As described in Nobel's will one part was dedicated to “the person who shall have produced in the field of literature the most outstanding work in an ideal direction”.

The medal of the Swedish Academy represents a young man sitting under a laurel tree who, enchanted, listens to and writes down the song of the Muse.

Nobel Prize for Literature Winners

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2014 - Patrick Modiano for "the art of memory with which he has evoked the most ungraspable human destinies and uncovered the life-world of the occupation"

2013 - Alice Munro "master of the contemporary short story"

2012 - Mo Yan who with hallucinatory realism merges folk tales, history and the contemporary.

2007 - Doris Lessing that epicist of the female experience, who with scepticism, fire and visionary power has subjected a divided civilisation to scrutiny.

2006 - Orhan Pamuk who in the quest for the melancholic soul of his native city has discovered new symbols for the clash and interlacing of cultures.

2005 - Harold Pinter who in his plays uncovers the precipice under everyday prattle and forces entry into oppression's closed rooms.

2004 - Elfriede Jelinek for her musical flow of voices and counter-voices in novels and plays that with extraordinary linguistic zeal reveal the absurdity of society's clich s and their subjugating power.

2003 - John Maxwell Coetzee who in innumerable guises portrays the surprising involvement of the outsider.

2002 - Imre Kertesz for writing that upholds the fragile experience of the individual against the barbaric arbitrariness of history.

2001 - V. S. Naipaul for having united perceptive narrative and incorruptible scrutiny in works that compel us to see the presence of suppressed histories.

2000 - Gao Xingjian for an oeuvre of universal validity, bitter insights and linguistic ingenuity, which has opened new paths for the Chinese novel and drama.

1989 - Camilo Jose Cela for a rich and intensive prose, which with restrained compassion forms a challenging vision of man's vulnerability.

1988 - Naguib Mahfouz who, through works rich in nuance-now clearsightedly realistic, now evocatively ambigous-has formed an Arabian narrative art that applies to all mankind.

1987 - Joseph Brodsky for an all-embracing authorship, imbued with clarity of thought and poetic intensity.

1986 - Wole Soyinka who in a wide cultural perspective and with poetic overtones fashions the drama of existence.

1985 - Claude Simon who in his novel combines the poet's and the painter's creativeness with a deepened awareness of time in the depiction of the human condition.

1984 - Jaroslaw Seifert for his poetry which endowed with freshness, sensuality and rich inventiveness provides a liberating image of the indomitable spirit and versatility of man.

1983 - Sir William Golding for his novels which, with the perspicuity of realistic narrative art and the diversity and universality of myth, illuminate the human condition in the world of today.

1982 - Gabriel Garcia Marquez for his novels and short stories, in which the fantastic and the realistic are combined in a richly composed world of imagination, reflecting a continent's life and conflicts.

1981 - Elias Canetti for writings marked by a broad outlook, a wealth of ideas and artistic power.

1980 - Czeslaw Milosz who with uncompromising clear-sightedness voices man's exposed condition in a world of severe conflicts.

1979 - Odysseus Elytis (pen-name of Odysseus Alepoudhelis), for his poetry, which, against the background of Greek tradition, depicts with sensuous strength and intellectual clear-sightedness modern man's struggle for freedom and creativeness.

1977 - Vicente Aleixandre for a creative poetic writing which illuminates man's condition in the cosmos and in present-day society, at the same time representing the great renewal of the traditions of Spanish poetry beween the wars.

1976 - Saul Bellow for the human understanding and subtle analysis of contemporary culture that are combined in his work.

1975 - Eugenio Montale for his distinctive poetry which, with great artistic sensitivity, has interpreted human values under the sign of an outlook on life with no illusions.

1974 - The prize was divided between: Eyvind Johnson for a narrative art, farseeing in lands and ages, in the service of freedom & Harry Martinson for writings that catch the dewdrop and reflect the cosmos.

1973 - Patrick White for an epic and psychological narrative art which has introduced a new continent into literature.

1972 - Heinrich Boll for his writing which through its combination of a broad perspective on his time and a sensitive skill in characterization has contributed to a renewal of German literature.

1971 - Pablo Neruda for a poetry that with the action of an elemental force brings alive a continent's destiny and dreams.

1970 - Aleksandr Isaevich Solzhenitsyn for the ethical force with which he has pursued the indispensable traditions of Russian literature.

1969 - Samuel Beckett for his writing, which - in new forms for the novel and drama - in the destitution of modern man acquires its elevation.

1968 - Yasunari Kawabata for his narrative mastery, which with great sensibility expresses the essence of the Japanese mind.

1967 - Miguel Angel Asturias for his vivid literary achievement, deep-rooted in the national traits and traditions of Indian peoples of Latin America.

1966 - The prize was divided equally between: Shmuel Yosef Agnon for his profoundly characteristic narrative art with motifs from the life of the Jewish people & Nelly Sachs for her outstanding lyrical and dramatic writing, which interprets Israel's destiny with touching strength.

1965 - Michail Aleksandrovich Sholokhov for the artistic power and integrity with which, in his epic of the Don, he has given expression to a historic phase in the life of the Russian people.

1964 - Jean-Paul Sartre for his work which, rich in ideas and filled with the spirit of freedom and the quest for truth, has exerted a farreaching influence on our age. (Declined the prize.)

1963 - Giorgos Seferis (pen-name of Giorgos Seferiadis), for his eminent lyrical writing, inspired by a deep feeling for the Hellenic world of culture.

1962 - John Steinbeck for his realistic and imaginative writings, combining as they do sympathetic humour and keen social perception.

1961 - Ivo Andri'c for the epic force with which he has traced themes and depicted human destinies drawn from the history of his country.

1960 - Saint-John Perse (pen-name of Alexis Leger), for the soaring flight and the evocative imagery of his poetry which in a visionary fashion reflects the conditions of our time.

1959 - Salvatore Quasimodo for his lyrical poetry, which with classical fire expresses the tragic experience of life in our own times.

1958 - Boris Leonidovich Pasternak for his important achievement both in contemporary lyrical poetry and in the field of the great Russian epic tradition. (Accepted first, later caused by the authorities of his country to decline the prize.)

1957 - Albert Camus for his important literary production, which with clear-sighted earnestness illuminates the problems of the human conscience in our times.

1956 - Juan Ramon Jimenez for his lyrical poetry, which in Spanish language constitutes an example of high spirit and artistical purity.

1955 - Halldor Kiljan Laxness for his vivid epic power which has renewed the great narrative art of Iceland.

1954 - Ernest Miller Hemingway for his mastery of the art of narrative, most recently demonstrated in The Old Man and the Sea ,and for the influence that he has exerted on contemporary style.

1953 - Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill for his mastery of historical and biographical description as well as for brilliant oratory in defending exalted human values.

1952 - Francois Mauriac for the deep spiritual insight and the artistic intensity with which he has in his novels penetrated the drama of human life.

1951 - Par Fabian Lagerkvist for the artistic vigour and true independence of mind with which he endeavours in his poetry to find answers to the eternal questions confronting mankind.

1950 - Earl Bertrand Arthur William Russell in recognition of his varied and significant writings in which he champions humanitarian ideals and freedom of thought.

1949 - William Faulker for his powerful and artistically unique contribution to the modern American novel.

1947 - Andre Paul Guillaume Gide for his comprehensive and artistically significant writings, in which human problems and conditions have been presented with a fearless love of truth and keen psychological insight.

1946 - Hermann Hesse for his inspired writings which, while growing in boldness and penetration, exemplify the classical humaitarian ideals and high qualities of style.

1945 - Gabriela Mistral (pen-name of Lucila Godoy Y Alca-Yaga), for her lyric poetry which, inspired by powerful emotions, has made her name a symbol of the idealistic aspirations of the entire Latin American world.

1944 - Johannes Vilhelm Jensen for the rare strength and fertility of his poetic imagination with which is combined an intellectual curiosity of wide scope and a bold, freshly creative style.

1943-1940 - The prize money was allocated to the Main Fund (1/3) and to the Special Fund (2/3) of this prize section.

1939 - Frans Eemil Sillanpaa for his deep understanding of his country's peasantry and the exquisite art with which he has portrayed their way of life and their relationship with Nature.

1938 - Pearl Buck (pen-name of Pearl Walsh née SYDENSTRICKER ), for her rich and truly epic descriptions of peasant life in China and for her biographical masterpieces.

1937 - Roger Martin Du Gard for the artistic power and truth with which he has depicted human conflict as well as some fundamental aspects of contemporary life in his novelcycle Les Thibault.

1936 - Eugene Gladstone O'Neill for the power, honesty and deep-felt emotions of his dramatic works, which embody an original concept of tragedy.

1935 - The prize money was allocated to the Main Fund (1/3) and to the Special Fund (2/3) of this prize section.

1934 - Luigi Pirandello for his bold and ingenious revival of dramatic and scenic art.

1933 - Ivan Alekseyevich Bunin for the strict artistry with which he has carried on the classical Russian traditions in prose writing.

1932 - John Galsworthy for his distinguished art of narration which takes its highest form in The Forsythe Saga.

1931 - Erik Alex Karlfeldt The poetry of Erik Axel Karlfeldt.

1930 - Sinclair Lewis for his vigorous and graphic art of description and his ability to create, with wit and humour, new types of characters.

1929 - Thomas Mann principially for his great novel, Buddenbrooks, which has won steadily increased recognition as one of the classic works of contemporary literature.

1928 - Sigrid Undset principially for her powerful descriptions of Northern life during the Middle Ages.

1927 - Henri Gergson in recognition of his rich and vitalizing ideas and the brillant skill with which they have been presented.

1926 - Grazia Deledda (pen-name of Grazia Madesani née Deledda), for her idealistically inspired writings which with plastic clarity picture the life on her native island and with depth and sympathy deal with human problems in general.

1925 - George Bernard Shaw for his work which is marked by both idealism and humanity, its stimulating satire often being infused with a singular poetic beauty.

1924 - Wladyslaw Stanislaw Reymont (pen-name of Reyment), for his great national epic, The Peasants.

1923 - William Butler Yeats for his always inspired poetry, which in a highly artistic form gives expression to the spirit of a whole nation.

1922 - Jacinto Benavente for the happy manner in which he has continued the illustrious traditions of the Spanish drama.

1921 - Anatole France (pen-name of Jaques Anatole Thibault), in recognition of his brilliant literary achievements, characterized as they are by a nobility of style, a profound human sympathy, grace, and a true Gallic temperament.

1920 - Knut Pedersen Hamsun for his monumental work, Growth of the Soil.

1918 - The prize money for 1918 was allocated to the Special Fund of this prize section.

1917 - The prize was divided equally between: Karl Adolph Gjefferup for his varied and rich poetry, which is inspired by lofty ideals & Henrik Pontoppidan for his authentic descriptions of present-day life in Denmark.

1916 - Carl Gustaf Vernier Von Heidenstam in recognition of his significance as the leading representative of a new era in our literature.

1915 - Romain Rolland as a tribute to the lofty idealism of his literary production and to the sympathy and love of truth with which he has described different types of human beings.

1914 - The prize money for 1914 was allocated to the Special Fund of this prize section.

1913 - Rabindranath Tagore because of his profoundly sensitive, fresh and beautiful verse, by which, with comsummate skill, he has made his poetic thought, expressed in his own English words, a part of the literature of the West.

1912 - Gerhart Johann Robert Hauptmann primarily in recognition of his fruitful, varied and outstanding production in the realm of dramatic art.

1911 - Count Maurice (Mooris) Polidore Marie Bernhard Maeterlinck, in appreciation of his manysided literary activities, and especially of his dramatic works, which are distinguished by a wealth of imagination and by a poetic fancy, which reveals, sometimes in the guise of a fairy tale, a deep inspiration, while in a mysterious way they appeal to the readers' own feelings and stimulate their imaginations.

1910 - Paul Johann Ludwig Heyse as a tribute to the consummate artistry, permeated with idealism, which he has demonstrated during his long productive career as a lyric poet, dramatist, novelist and writer of world-renowned short stories.

1908 - Rudolf Christoph Eucken in recognition of his earnest search for truth, his penetrating power of thought, his wide range of vision, and the warmth and strength in presentation with which in his numerous works he has vindicated and developed an idealistic philosophy of life.

1907 - Rudyard Kipling in consideration of the power of observation, originality of imagination, virility of ideas and remarkable talent for narration which characterize the creations of this world-famous author.

1906 - Giosue Carducci not only in consideration of his deep learning and critical research, but above all as a tribute to the creative energy, freshness of style, and lyrical force which characterize his poetic masterpieces.

1905 - Henryk Sienkiewicz because of his outstanding merits as an epic writer.

1904 - The prize was divided equally between: Frederic Mistral in recognition of the fresh originality and true inspiration of his poetic production, which faithfully reflects the natural scenery and native spirit of his people, and, in addition, his significant work as a Provençal philologist & Jose Echegaray Y Eizaguirre in recognition of the numerous and brilliant compositions which, in an individual and original manner, have revived the great traditions of the Spanish drama.

1903 - Bjornstjerne Martinus Bjornson as a tribute to his noble, magnificent and versatile poetry, which has always been distinguished by both the freshness of its inspiration and the rare purity of its spirit.

1902 - Christian Mattias Theodor Mommsen the greatest living master of the art of historical writing, with special reference to his monumental work, A history of Rome.

1901 - Sully Prudhomme (pen-name of Rene Francois Armand), in special recognition of his poetic composition, which gives evidence of lofty idealism, artistic perfection and a rare combination of the qualitites of both heart and intellect.

PEN/Faulkner Award

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The PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, administered by the PEN/Faulkner Foundation, was established in 1980 by writers to honor their peers. The award is named for William Faulkner, who used his Nobel Prize funds to create an award for young writers, and PEN (Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists), the international writers' organization. The award judges, who are themselves writers of fiction, each read more than 250 novels and short story collections published during the calendar year before selecting five outstanding books. The author of the book designated the winner receives $15,000; each of the other nominees receives $5,000.

PEN/Faulkner Award Winners

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2014 - We Are All Completely Deside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler

2013 - Everything Begins and Ends at the Kentucky Club by Benjamin Alire Saenz

Pulitzer Prize

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The Pulitzer Prize is a U.S. award for achievements in newspaper and online journalism, literature and musical composition. It was established by American (Hungarian-born) publisher Joseph Pulitzer in the year 1917 and is administered by Columbia University in New York City. Prizes are awarded yearly in twenty-one categories. In twenty of these, each winner receives a certificate and a US$10,000 cash award. The winner in the public service category of the journalism competition is awarded a gold medal, which always goes to a newspaper, although an individual may be named in the citation.

Pulitzer Prize Winners

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Fiction

Finalists have been announced since 1980. The Novel category was re-named Fiction in 1947.

2014 The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt

2013 The Orphan Master's Son by Adam Johnson

2012 (No Award)

2011A Visit from the Goon Squadby Jennifer Egan

2010Tinkers by Paul Harding

2009Olive Kitteridgeby Elizabeth Strout

2008The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz

2007The Road by Cormac McCarthy

2006March by Geraldine Brooks

2005Gilead by Marilynne Robinson

2004The Known World by Edward P. Jones

2003Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides

2002Empire Falls by Richard Russo

2001The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon

2000Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri

1999The Hours by Michael Cunningham

1998American Pastoral by Philip Roth

1997Martin Dressler: The Tale of an American Dreamerby Steven Millhauser

1996Independence Day by Richard Ford

1995The Stone Diaries by Carol Shields

1994The Shipping News by E. Annie Proulx

1993A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain by Robert Olen Butler

1992A Thousand Acres by Jane Smiley

1991Rabbit At Rest by John Updike

1990The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love by Oscar Hijuelos

1989Breathing Lessons by Anne Tyler

1988Beloved by Toni Morrison

1987A Summons to Memphis by Peter Taylor

1986Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry

1985Foreign Affairs by Alison Lurie

1984Ironweed by William Kennedy

1983The Color Purple by Alice Walker

1982Rabbit Is Rich by John updike

1981A Confederacy of Dunces by the late John Kennedy Toole (a posthumous publication)

1980The Executioner's Song by Norman Mailer

1979The Stories of John Cheever by John Cheever

1978Elbow Room by James Alan McPherson

1977 (No Award)

1976Humboldt's Gift by Saul Bellow

1975The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara

1974 (No Award)

1973The Optimist's Daughter by Eudora Welty

1972Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner

1971 (No Award)

1970Collected Stories by Jean Stafford

1969House Made of Dawn by N. Scott Momaday

1968The Confessions of Nat Turner by William Styron

1967The Fixer by Bernard Malamud

1966Collected Stories by katherin Anne Porter

1965The Keepers Of The House by Shirley Ann Grau

1964 (No Award)

1963The Reivers by William Faulkner

1962The Edge of Sadness by Edwin O'Conner

1961To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee

1960Advise and Consent by Allen Drury

1959The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters by Robert Lewis Taylor

1958A Death In The Family by the late James Agee (a posthumous publication)

1957 (No Award)

1956Andersonville by MacKinlay Kantor

1955A Fable by William Faulkner

1954 (No Award)

1953The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemmingway

1952The Caine Mutiny by Herman Wouk

1951The Town by Conrad Richter

1950The Way West by A. B. Guthrie

1949Guard of Honor by James Gould Cozzens

1948Tales of the South Pacific by James A. Michener

1947All the King's Men by Robert Penn Warren

1946 (No Award)

1945A Bell for Adano by John Hersey

1944Journey in the Dark by Martin Flavin

1943Dragon's Teeth by Upton Sinclair

1942In This Our Life by Ellen Glasgow

1941 (No Award)

1940The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

1939The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

1938The Late George Apley by John Phillips Marquand

1937Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell

1936Honey in the Horn by Harold L. Davis

1935Now in November by Josephine Winslow Johnson

1934Lamb in His Bosom by Caroline Miller

1933The Store by T. S. Stribling

1932The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck

1931Years of Grace by Margaret Ayer Barnes

1930Laughing Boy by Oliver Lafarge

1929Scarlet Sister Mary by Julia Peterkin

1928The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thorton Wilder

1927Early Autumn by Louis Bromfield

1926Arrowsmith by Sinclair Lewis

1925So Big by Edna Ferber

1924The Able McLaughlins by Margaret Wilson

1923One of Ours by Willa Cather

1922Alice Adams by Booth Tarkington

1921The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton

1920 (No Award)

1919The Magnificent Ambersons by Booth Tarkington

1918His Family by Ernest Poole

1917 (No Award)

Spur Western Award

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The Spur Awards, given annually for distinguished writing about the American West, are among the oldest and most prestigious in American literature. In 1953, when the awards were established by WWA, western fiction was a staple of American publishing. At the time awards were given to the best western novel, best historical novel, best juvenile, and best short story.

Since then the awards have been broadened to include other types of writing about the West. Today, Spurs are offered for the best western novel (short novel), best novel of the west (long novel), best original paperback novel, best short story, best short nonfiction. Also, best contemporary nonfiction, best biography, best history, best juvenile fiction and nonfiction, best TV or motion picture drama, best TV or motion picture documentary, and best first novel (called The Medicine Pipe Bearer's Award).

Spur Western Award Winners

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2014

Light of the World: A Dave Robicheaux Novel by James Lee Burke, for Best Western Contemporary Novel

Silent We Stood by Henry Chappell, for Best Western Historical Novel

Crossing Purgatory by Gary Schanbacher, for Best Western Traditional Novel

Spider Woman's Daughter by Anne Hillerman, for Best First Novel

Shot all to Hell: Jesse James, the Northfield Raid, and the Wild West's Greatest Escape by Mark Lee Gardner, for Best Western Nonfiction Historical

Vacationland: Tourism and Environment in the Colorado High Country by William Philpott, for Best Western Nonfiction Contemporary

Jack London: An American Life by Earle Labor, for Best Western Nonfiction Biography

"Cabin Fever" by Brett Cogburn, for Best Western Short Fiction

"The Other James Brother" by Mark Lee Gardner, for Best Western Short Nonfiction

2013

With Blood in Their Eyes by Thomas Cobb, for Best Western Long Novel

Tucker's Reckoning by Matthew Mayo, for Best Western Short Novel

The Coyote Tracker by Larry Sweazy, for Best Original Mass Market Paperback

With Golden Visions Bright Before Them: Trails to the Mining West, for Best Western Nonfiction Historical

Desert Reckoning: A Town Sheriff, A Mojave Hermit and the Biggest Manhunt in Modern California History by Deanne Stillman, for Best Western Nonfiction Contemporary

Geronimo by Robert M. Utley, for Best Western Nonfiction Biography

"The Hog Whisperer" by John Mort, for Best Western Short Fiction Story

"Marathoner Louis Tewanima and the Continuity of Hopi Running, 1908-1912" by Matthew Sakiestewa Gilbert, for Best Western Short Nonfiction

2012

Remember Ben Clayton by Stephen Harrigan, for Best Western Long Novel

Legacy of a Lawman by Johnny D. Boggs, for Best Western Short Novel

West Texas Kill by Johnny D. Boggs, for Best Original Mass Market Paperback

The Mormon Rebellion by David L. Bigler and Will Bagley, for Best Western Nonfiction Historical

The Bitter and MR. Brandborg by Frederick H. Swanson, for Best Western Nonfiction Contemporary

George Crook by Paul Magid, for Best Western Nonfiction Biography

The Death of Delgado by Rod Miller and The Deacon's Horse by Clay Reynolds, for Best Western Short Fiction Story

The Alamo, Well Remembered by Paul Andrew Hutton, for Best Western Short Nonfiction

Birdie by Candace Simar, for Best Western Juvenile Fiction

Migrant Mother by Don Nardo, for Best Western Juvenile Nonfiction

Tornado Slim and the Magic Cowboy Hat by Bryan Langdo, for Best Western Storyteller